
Patrick Kidd
@patrick_kidd
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Scribbler for whoever will pay me. Author of The Weak Are A Long Time In Politics: https://t.co/zg1eoouBh6. Also churchwarden at @asblackheath
Joined March 2011
RT @spectator: šļø The Edition: Peerless ā the purge of the hereditary peers. šø Charles Moore and @SophiaFalkner on Keirās peer purge.šø @_F_ā¦.
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The Lordās Test starts today and it wonāt be the same without Fingers, a constant presence for 57 years. I wrote his obituary for @ObserverUK. In a lovely tribute @HomeOfCricket have agreed to drape his XXXL MCC blazer over his customary pavilion seat.
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RT @patrick_kidd: Eel Pie Island, in the Thames by Twickenham, was once home to a blues club that hosted the Rolling Stones 24 times. Now iā¦.
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RT @SarahDuggers: @patrick_kidd I used to have a boyfriend who lived there and itās all fun and games until you have to phone in to a new jā¦.
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RT @NewsUKArchives: @patrick_kidd from The Times archive a pic: Duchess of York, with the Duke of York at the Civil service Regatta at Eelā¦.
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An excellent side sport has broken out at Henley Regatta, where men often outpeacock women: trousers snooker. Is there also a blazer/tie version? Remenham would run up quite a large break just with one pair of socks.
For the start of today's racing, we are beginning a game of trouser snooker! The rules of the game: white (0), red (1), yellow (2), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6), and then black trousers (7). Updates to come!.
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Last Friday I became president of @OldColcestrians, yesterday @crgscc won their first match at the Royal Grammar Schools Cricket Festival since 2017. A coincidence? Well, obviously. But Iām delighted for them. Must have been inspired by hearing me talk about making a catch onceā¦.
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It was British discipline and drumstick moustaches vs American razzmatazz and pom-poms as seven marching bands of different styles paraded and competed at Hampton Court to close London Band Week. My latest Sketches of London dispatch for ā¦@thetimesā©.
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Viewed from afar, the Matterhorn looks compact but up close it's "like a croissant; on the surface everything is falling apart". A fascinating and concerning piece by @GWhittell on how the Alps are melting.
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RT @pjmeade: @patrick_kidd @ObserverUK I was saddened to hear that Fingers has gone to the great pavilion in the sky. I first met him whenā¦.
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The Lordās Test will not look the same again. Wrote this @ObserverUK obituary on John āFingersā Fingleton, a celebrated charity auctioneer with loud opinions and louder blazers but whose heart was in the right place. A legend in his own lunchtime.
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RT @patrick_kidd: It takes 20 gardeners, 31 ground staff, 40 physios, 280 ball boys and girls, 300 chefs, 12,000 petunias, 300,000 glassesā¦.
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